Bought new house in Feb - Found out electricity is dangerous

clever_duck

Hello all,

We purchased this house in Feb of this year, and we have come to find out that the electrics are really dangerous here. Having to re-do alot of it.

Is there anything I can do about this? I mean when selling a house, does the house need to be tested/signed off?

Can I claim anything back at all?

Regards,

Sam.

PasturesNew

Nope.

It was up to you to check before you bought it really. There are some clues, in some houses, for some people .... but it's up to you to think "Hey, this house is old.... I should ask about this, or get it checked out"

bryanb

clever_duck wrote: »

Hello all,

We purchased this house in Feb of this year, and we have come to find out that the electrics are really dangerous here. Having to re-do alot of it.

Is there anything I can do about this? I mean when selling a house, does the house need to be tested/signed off?

Can I claim anything back at all?

Regards,

Sam.

No

And No

jhs14

Short answer: No.

Long answer: No. Unless you can prove the vendor lied to you.

Yorkie1

Is it a brand new house that you bought from a developer?

Or just a house that you bought from someone living there?

If the latter, then as a general rule no you have no come-back. The principle of 'buyer beware' applies; the onus is on you to satisfy yourself pre-exchange of all matters relating to condition.

If it's a brand-new house then I suspect that there might be some comeback but I don't know enough to say what that might be. Hopefully others will be able to suggest a response.

EverGreen_2

The answer is NO for sure. "Buyer beware" plus in the period between feb and Dec, where have you been?


You should focus on the advice given above "If it's a brand-new house then I suspect that there might be some comeback". You have to prove that it was the developer's fault or design that caused the danger.

G_M

clever_duck wrote: »

Is there anything I can do about this?
Yes. Get a qualified electrician to re-wire the house. Make sure you get sgn off on compliance with Building Regulations. A decent sparkie will do this for you. A cheap bodger won't.
I mean when selling a house, does the house need to be tested/signed off?
No. Unless it is newly built, or the electrics have been recently altered in which case (see above) Building Regs apply.

Can I claim anything back at all?
Depends on the above

Regards,

Sam.

Basically - buyer beware.......

clever_duck

Aah okay cool. Fair enough. Thought I'd see if it was possible anyway because the previous owners must have known the work they got done is wrong.

Between feb and now I've been sorting thing slowly but surely. Only got highlighted when the garden lights stopped working, upon inspection by an electrician the wire connection were wrapped in an old soil bag and cemented over. That's just to start off with lol.

I've got the electrician in many weekends working on this, one hell of a problem. I guess it's my fault for not checking before we moved in, but I didn't think to, assumed it would be okay.

Oh well, live and learn lol.

PasturesNew

"wire connection were wrapped in an old soil bag and cemented over"

All pretty standard DIY stuff in years gone by. That's one of the reasons I prefer newer houses - less years for bygone bodgers to have had DIY moments.

Armorica

Did the survey not pick anything up at all?

G_M

Armorica wrote: »

Did the survey not pick anything up at all?

Survey would not.

Electrical inspection would.